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A Carnival
"Weeell... Ah ain't never seen such a bunch a' hucksters, flim-flam artists, 3-card monte, double dealing scoundrels in ma life" A visitor to our own very special Carnival in the Palace of Westminster. Image: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
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Extra sleep or extended day?
Every day she wakes at 7, today it will be 6. “Breakfast at 8,” but that will be too late today and the snack will …
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Dietrich and back again.
Marlene Dietrich bought me a drink this evening in a bar downtown. She said I looked sad and lonely but I assured her I was just hungry. I asked her...
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What We Fear In The Darkness
The orange glow in the kitchen seemed almost alive as the candles flickered, sending shadows dancing around the room. The creeping vampire sneaked...
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A letter from Bahalia
A letter to Nollaig, sent by Captain Bartas recounting his first few days after mooring in the port of Khamal'ard.
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tall storey
Once upon a time, a family was looking for somewhere to settle, came upon a piece of land and decided to build where the sun always shone and the...
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Bare bottoms in the graveyard.
Refulgent sunshine skimmed over the graveyard behind the Church this morning. It threw long shadows on the grass that was crisp and white with...
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Inked
Inspired by the thought of matching tattoos with a mix of people's reactions of my own tattoos.
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Blindsided
A poem written for an art project about the death of my great-grandmother. I hope she's having fun wherever she is.
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Robert Fergusson
b. 1750 — d. 1774 The gold solder of a two-day opium come down leaks through the lattice of your thoughts as you lay buckled in the dung-leavened...
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Life
Brother of mine do not stray too far anymore in thoughts and memory- your life is still precious in the eyes of our Lord Jesus and I love you.
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"Willow's Tail" 22
Perfidia walked over and looked at the card with her name on it sitting by Gloria’s entry. “Did you switch them?” she asked Gloria, but not with...
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(misc) 1_3
Well, how do I feel now? Do I have all the same pent up anxiety and ‘depression’? What is there for me to draw inspiration from? …I feel happy. Thats...
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Halloween
The trick or treaters are singing Christmas songs. 'It saves us from coming round twice,' the tallest of them explains, wearing a Santa hat and a...
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Cometh the Hour
At ten o'clock, promptly...
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Time
From a prison cell of lost opportunities the young man asked aloud to his deceased dad - if only we had taken the time to know each other better.
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(misc) 1_2
When I do think back to my past periods of intense writing and inspiration- and compare it to my situation now, there does seem to be a key...
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Maria and the Bellasis family 11
Mother Francis and I continued with our Sunday sessions, but both of us felt the strain it was having, so I asked her if we could skip to the bit...
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The Long and Spectacular Life of Agnes Magnusdottir 22
Chapter 15. The first thing I saw on opening the door of my flat was Russell dressed as Batman. He had on the full outfit, shiny leather boots, fully...
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Delight
O Soul of mine today is precious and may come with a new delight- the ways of Jesus teaches we should live with words of Patience & Love .
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